Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.

Quack: A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand. A vain boastful pretender to physick; An artful, tricking practitioner in physick.

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.

A vow is a snare for sin

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.